October 2024 – Seeds, Veg & Harvest Squash

October 2024 – Seeds, Veg & Harvest Squash – Timeline

31st Oct 2024

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October 2024 Weather

Daylight Hours in October in UK: 9 Hours and 55 minutes.

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Weather in October 24: Very wet with consistent rain for two weeks. Foggy mornings. Very Mild with temperatures approx 15 degrees centigrade. My rudbeckia’s are still flowering in the last week of October. No hard frosts yet.

October Stats

20 Days of Sun/Cloud and 11 Days of Rain. Average high temperature 14 degrees and average low temperature is 8 degrees.

Growing in the Greenhouse in October

Shallots planted in cell trays as too wet outside

Shallots – ‘Longor’ planted in cell trays 25 October.
Spring Cabbage ‘April’ seedlings, potted on to a larger pot.
Chive plants overwintering.
Speedy Salad Leaf Halloween Cauldron, sowed 19th Oct.

Raised Bed 1 – Garlic & Elephant Garlic

Post from me on Instagram @traceysowgrowharvest

Squash ‘Jester F1’ was harvested on 25 October and Garlic ‘Messidrome’ and Elephant Garlic were planted.

Raised Bed 2 – Cauliflower & Kale Cage

Challenge Brassica is coming along nicely, green leaf growth is great and looking healthy.

Raised Bed 3 – Brussels Sprouts & Kale

Brussels sprouts and kale growing strongly after 1 month in the ground.

Raised Bed 4 – Parsnip & Leeks

Parsnips are fattening up and half of the Leeks have been harvested.

Christmas Potatoes in Pots

Almost ready for harvest.

Vegetable Growing Weekend Diary:

Weekend 5 – 6 October 24

🥔 Christmas Potatoes ‘Red Duke’ leaves & stems tall.
Brussels sprouts growing larger.

Weekend 12 – 13 October 24

Speedy Salad Leaf Halloween Cauldron seeds sown.

Weekend 19 – 20 October 24

Carrot ‘Yellowbunch’ sowed in my daughter’s Veg Patch coming through.
Parsnip ‘Gladiator’ growing larger,
Pests – Brussels Sprouts from summer eaten by caterpillars.

Weekend 26 – 27 October 24

Squash ‘Jester F1’ harvested.
Garlic ‘Messidrome’ planted,
Elephant Garlic planted,
Shallots ‘Longor’ planted in cell trays in the greenhouse.
Christmas Potatoes ‘Red Duke’ leaves yellowing and dying off, harvest in a few weeks time.